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Person behaves like chicken as ecstasy linked to bizarre behaviour

A bad batch of ecstasy has been linked to a series of bizarre incidents in Adelaide including one person licking the dance floor at a nightclub and another acting like a chicken in the back of a taxi.

Police said another person believed to have taken the drug stripped naked and went swimming in the River Torrens while a number of others took their clothes off and rubbed their bodies on the road surface, apparently to relieve severe itching.

Superintendent Anthony Fioravanti said 21 people were admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with drug-related symptoms over the weekend and one remained in a critical condition.

He said as well as the incidents of extreme and bizarre behaviour, the ecstasy use had been linked to an increase in the number of fights in the city and reports of people suffering hallucinations.

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A 21-year-old man from North Adelaide was arrested and charged over having 33 ecstasy tablets and $900 in cash.

But Supt Fioravanti said it was yet to be established if the ecstasy seized was directly related to the unusual incidents.

"We are concerned about the content of the tablets and we have analysis being fast-tracked," he said.

Investigations so far suggested the suspect ecstasy was purchased in a number of Adelaide nightclubs.